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Pent :: Pent (v. t.) Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.

Air-tight :: Air-tight (n.) A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.

Sniffing :: Sniffing (n.) A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose..

Shut :: Shut (a.) Closed or fastened; as, a shut door..

Badminton :: Badminton (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks..

Stop :: Stop (n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop..

Compinge :: Compinge (v. t.) To compress; to shut up.

Occludent :: Occludent (a.) Serving to close; shutting up.

Snap :: Snap (n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound..

Deadlight :: Deadlight (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm..

Woof :: Woof (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

Crib :: Crib (v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.

Gatepost :: Gatepost (n.) A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.

Weaving :: Weaving (n.) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle..

Intraparietal :: Intraparietal (a.) Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.

Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.

Include :: Include (v. t.) To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell..

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n..

Harness :: Harness (n.) The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle..

Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede..

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